Louisiana governor visits Grambling State University, discusses higher education budget
During a flurry of northern Louisiana stops, Edwards includes stops at Grambling State for lunch, sharing his budget goals
Welcomed by the World Famed Tiger Marching Band for the third of three visits to Grambling State University since he’s been in office, Governor John Bel Edwards stopped in Grambling to discuss the budget status of GSU and higher education with GSU President Rick Gallot and a group of university leaders.
During a noon luncheon in the Doris Robinson Room of the Eddie Robinson Museum, Edwards said GSU continues to be an important institution in the state and he fully supports Gallot and the university, adding that he can only promise that he will fight to maintain existing state funding for higher education because he was left with such a budget mess. He said he has an emphasis on deferred maintenance and there is little room for new projects. However, he said if the university can get the support of the legislative delegation for the new library Gallot envisions he could get behind that.
Edwards said he is aware of the need for a new library, well aware of the existing building’s deficiencies since he visited the campus and the library even before he became governor. “The library was a building that really needed to be looked at,” said Edwards.
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